We are writers. What does a writer do? Ofcourse, a writer writes. But not all writer’s becomes successful. Why? Because of many reasons. And most important one for me to not able to find their writing style. They have not learned the craft and have not yet found their own voice.

Here, following are some suggestions and cautionary hints that may help tou to find your writing style.

Do lots of revisions:

Revise after you have completed your manuscript.Revise and rewrite your work for several times . Because your first draft is just a rough work. It may have some serious flaws, or you may have to change the whole manuscript totally.

Thank God! We have access to computer. You can put your work in a word documemt to proofread by yourself. If you want more advance method then Scrivener is the perfect software to revise your story. Some people like to revise in a printed copy. Try both of them to find out in which method you are more comfortable.

Overwriting is bad:

Do you tend to overwrite while writing in a computer? If yes, it may make your work hard to understand. Delete the unnecessary words unless they are extraordinary.

Overwriting is a bad habit. And exccessive and flashy writing will be hard to digest for the readers and they will go to sleep.

Stay away from these adjectives:

Rather, very, little and pretty are the adjectives to watch out. They are dangerous wild beasts. Over use of them will make your work feeble and weak.

Mind your spelling:

It is a basic rule of writing. You have to learn and know the basics and use correct spellings. If your spellings are wrong then readers will instantly go away from you and never come back.

It is more relevant in this technologically driven world. We use sms, email and other massage giving services where we use many shorter version of words. It may become a habit and occur in your writing. Therefore, take care of your spellings carefully.

Stop over explanation:

As a writer we should not tell everything. Let the reader understand the manner or condition through the conversation.

When we use adverbs like “he said”, “she replied” , we tend to explain their mood by writing like, “he said willingly”, “she replied hesitantly”. They are annoying and confusing to the readers.

Look after awkward adverbs:

You have to take a participle or an adjective, add-ly, with it, you have an adverb now.

It is better not to use them.

Few examples are tangle, tired, much, more, thus, over etc. If we put -ly with them like tangledly, muchly, they becomes awkward adverbs.

Thusly, it becomes a awkward sentence. So, avoid it.

Make your dialogues clear:

The dialogues should indicate who is the speaker. If readers can’t understand who is speaking to him, they will be lost. They may have to reread it to solve the puzzle of obscurity. Therefore, make it clear.

“Now, my girl, we will see, she said, “How well you have learned your lesson.”

“Now, my girl, she said, we will see how well you have learned your lesson.”

Get rid of fancy words:

Avoid the ostentatious, beautiful, alluring, elaborative and cute words. We have to use more Anglo-Saxon words because it is a livelier tongue than Latin.

So avoid the words like beautious, curvaceous, prodigious, discombobulate, etc. There is nothing wrong in using them- all are good, but some are better than others. It is a matter of ear, a matter of feeling correct and good.

Be clear:

Clarity is the principal element of a good writing style. Though obscurity sometimes, serves as a literary yearning, clearity can be a virtue.

No one want to read obscure sentences. It should be easy to understand. Do not keep secrets in your mind to keep your readers in suspense.

It is better to start fresh, when you are hopelessly mired in a sentence. You may be in needs to break the sentence apart and replace it by two or more sentences.

Do not throw your own opinion:

We have our opinion almost in everything. And it is very hard to not write it. Everyone may not like your opinion and nor likely to agree with you. Throwing opinions indiscriminately leaves the mark of egoitism on a work.

So, try not to put your opinion often in your work.

Do not use figures of speech often:

Simile is a useful device of writing, but if it is used more often, one after another, they are only distracting than shining. Readers don’t want to compare everything with something else.

We don’t have to mix up the metaphor. That is, we should not start by calling something as ballon and end by calling it an elephant.

Therefore, it is our prime duty to put ourself in the background. And slowly as we become proficient in our craft, our style will emerge, because we ourself will emerge. Then we will be able to have our separate identity as our mind and heart will be different from other people.

Be natural:

Write what comes to your mind naturally. Use the words and sentences that readily come to your mind.

Do not worry if you are subconsciously immitating others. Because a language itself begins with imitation. When a child borns, he immitates the sounds made by his parents; the child imitates the language which is his mother tongue. Sooner or later you would find your own voice.

How do you find these suggestions? If you have any suggestion and query do not hesitate to comment below. Thank you.

Writing a blog post that draws attention of the readers is the ultimate dream of most bloggers. A good post is the foundation pillar of success to a blogger. Blogging is so popular nowadays that eveyone is into it. Therefore, the competition is sky rocketing.

I have bring to you, four points, by applying which, you can be able to write exceedingly good blog posts.

They are:

Must answer the questions

Must solve One problem

Must be actionable, and

Must deliver results

Must answer the questions:

Bloggers are the people who have to solve problem of the readers. Find the burning question and answer that one.

You can go to the forums related to your blogs niche. There you will get tons of burning questions. Other places to find questions are facebook groups, quora, reddit etc.

Must solve One problem:

You should aim to solve one problem at a time. Be specific. When we want to solve more than one problem at the same time, readers will get confuse. And you would not be able to focus in more than one problem at the same time. And the quality of post will decline.

Must be actionable:

Write your posts actionable. Don’t let the readets sit back and do nothing. Provide them information which have a call to action. So that they actively use this knowledge to achieve their goal.

Must deliver result:

People want to see results. That is why the income reports of pro bloggers gets more eye balls and shares. It is in our nature that we want to see the end result.

As a blogger it is our foremost duty to deliver something worth to our readers. They should receive something valuable to continue to be our reader and follower.

There is another way to find out good blog post ideas, apart from forums, quora, facebook etc. It is a free website called

You are smarter than the people that surround you. You want to learn writing because you want to blog, write a novel or do content marketing. But you have failed to draw the attention of your reader. It is so frustrating. I know it because I have gone through that stage.

We all writers share some common dreams. We want to touch the heart of our readers and to get famous, financially successful. But most of the writer’s don’t even make $1000 a year! That is harsh. But that can be changed. How?
Write good or die!

Writing good is hard. As the competition in the writing world is high there is more demand to improve writing standard constantly. Therefore, I have compiled below some smart writing tips to help you improve your writing.

Smart writing tips

Personalize your writing:

I know that most content marketer out there will tell you to not say a single word about yourself or how do you feel. But does the readers love to read same boring contents every time? I don’t think so. People love to get personal. They want to know your perspective on a certain thing.
Put some of your own delicacies into your writing. People will relate to you sooner or later.

Write, write, write and write some more:

What does a writer do? Writer writes. This is so simple. The more you write more you will learn, develop your writing style, less will be writer’s block and procrastination.

This is the most important smart writing tips I want to share with you. You want to become a famous and successful writer? Then write every day, all the time when you are not doing other things.

Smart writing tips

Read and learn:

Read when you do not write. Reading is the foundation of writing. The more you read, the more you learn. You will come to the contact of great and famous writers through their writings. You will know their writing style and can learn it. Sometimes it is good to copy them until you develop your own.

Reading is so important that some great writers even say, “if you don’t have time to read then you don’t have the time to write.” It is clear that if you want to write well and influence people then you must read.

Write simple words:

Do you think people love to read big words and complex sentences? If you think yes, then you are wrong. Everyone loves to read simple words and simple sentences.

Write simple sentences in the present tense. Simple is more effective. It directly enters the reader’s mind and heart.

Write to the point:

Write your sentences to the point. There is no need to exaggerate when you can say your word in a few words. So make your sentences short. Short sentences are easy to understand and grasp.

To the point writing also means to write in active voice. People don’t like to read passive sentences too often.

Write short paragraphs:

People are going more impatient these days. Why? It is due to the internet, social media, and less time for leisure. What is the impact of it on human behavior?

They became less patient. They want to read short paragraphs.

Break your paragraphs into many short ones. Put some useful pictures in between it.

Don’t repeat:

Repeating words and phrases, again and again, is boring. It will show you as an ignorant.

When you repeat the same words, again and again, your text becomes bored and uninteresting. Because of it readers will either stop reading your text or go to sleep.

See, I have already bored you.

Edit harshly:

Be a critic of yourself. Edit your work harshly. It is not easy to be strict on self, but it is necessary. Edit several times by yourself.

If you have some trusted friends then forward your text to them to edit.

There is another simple but effective way to edit your text. Read the text backward. Reading the text backward can show you the hidden and unexpected errors.

Write for the world:

English is a global language. Most of the people in the world understand and can read English. But not everyone is an expert. Therefore, it is better to keep your writings easy to understand. How do you find that you are writing is understand by the non-English speaking peoples?

Show your writing to someone from the non-English speaking country. If he or she understand it then you are good to go ahead.

Plan your text:

Planning is essential in writing. Whether you are writing a novel, short story or content for your blog, planning gives you the framework ready to work on. You can write down the plan in a notebook, computer or simply plan it in your mind.

Planning is the half work done. It saves time and structures your thought. And you will have to work less to polish your text after you have planned everything.

Learn correct grammar:

Correct grammar is the cherry on the top of a cake. If your grammar is not correct your writing will lack the ability to convey the correct meaning.

I recommend the book “The Elements of Style” written by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White to keep beside you. This small but valuable book is one of the most comprehensive resources to use correct grammar and other useful topics.

Be unique and innovative:

The world is full of mediocre people and works. Nobody cares about them. If you want to be different from the herd then you have to act differently. Do not be a copy-cat.

Use your inner intuition to be unique. And try to innovate new ideas and ways. Lead the world, show a new path.

Research your work:

People love to read data and percentage. Our brain is so used to it that when it sees data and percentage it believes them as authentic. Use this strategy in your writing to empower it.

Research your work thoroughly, and people will love it and believe in it.

These are the few smart writing tips for you to improve your writing. How did you find it? Please share if you have any smart writing tips in your mind.

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